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Mauer heads MVP discussion

lenNY's Yankees - A Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

The 2009 AL Most Valuable Player Award is being announced today at 2 p.m. Anthony DiComa of MLB.com wrote an article yesterday that implied Derek Jeter has the best chance to win the award besides the heavy favorite Joe Mauer . That surprised me, as I have thought all along that Mark Teixeira has the best chance because he led the league in homers and RBIs and played gold glove defense. DiComa made...

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Is Eric Young the #1 Sleeper Heading into 2010?

Fantasy Ball Junkie (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Colorado Rockies 2b Eric Young will be more valuable next year than Justin Morneau. He’ll be more valuable than Dustin Pedroia. He’ll help fantasy owners more than Derek Jeter. He’ll be better than Brian Roberts and Carlos Beltran and Kevin Youkilis and… Have we caught your attention yet? As we relaunch FBJ and gear up for the [...]

Tampa Bay Rays Sign R.J. Swindle to a Minor League Deal with Spring Training Invite

DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

What was once lost is gained again. A source close to the situation has informed us that Swindle is indeed back in the organization on a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. As you can expect, his velocity will not scare many batters. His average fastball sits in the low-80s and tops out below 85. He throws a smorgasbord of complimentary pitches though, some that even confuse the...

In the Land of Pravda, Ben Zobrist is the Invisible Man Sitting Atop the Clouds

DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP One of Jeter's intangibles: drop-kicking the competition. Browse more photos » At least in this MLB.com article detailing some of the American League MVP candidates. With 99% of the other post-season awards, I care not in the least about who wins. That being said, 22 names are listed in this article. 22 candidates. None have the surname Zobrist. None....

SBN Awards: MVPs go to Joe Mauer and Albert Pujols

Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

More photos » by Ed Zurga - AP You're the MVP, Joe. High Five. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) Browse more photos » Regardless of what happens with the actual MVP award, SBN baseball writers got it right as Joe Mauer won the MVP in a landslide. Mauer's OPS+ of 170 is the second highest by a catcher in history ( Mike Piazza posted an OPS+ of 177 in 1997). Mauer led baseball in Batting Average, On-Base...

American League Gold Gloves: Who Needs Numbers When You Have Big Names?

The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

MLB announced the winners of the Gold Glove for the American League yesterday and once again, the awards prove that in a sport like baseball – where numbers mean everything – that the numbers, really, mean nothing. It's easy to take fielding percentage, the number of errors, put outs and assists to figure out who is the best fielder, but that's the equivalent of taking a player's batting...

Fantasy Baseball: Early Mock Draft. Round 1, pick 1.

Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

More photos » by Alan Diaz - AP Browse more photos » It's now time I take a break from my fuming anger with Franklin Gutierrez 's obvious Gold Glove snub, and get this mock draft moving. Since there will only be a few of us doing this mock, it'll be more like how we think drafts will be the closer we get to the season. Let me start this out with the number one pick.... Hanley Ramirez ....

Adam Jones Wins the Gold Glove: First for the O's since '99

Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by Gail Burton - AP This is Jones' first GG, and the first for an Oriole since Mike Mussina won in 1999. The Orioles haven't had a GG in the outfield since Paul Blair in 1975. (AP Photo/Gail Burton) Browse more photos » Congratulations to Adam Jones . It's very exciting to have a Baltimore Oriole recognized for anything positive, especially when the accolades are so few and...

Offseason Movin' and Shakin'

Babes Love Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Sure, there are other sports like football, hockey and basketball to enjoy while you're waiting for the return of major league baseball. It's hard, we know. But the offseason is the critical time when your team's general managers make their moves -- smart or not -- in an attempt to inch closer to their ultimate goal: a World Series Championship. That is the ultimate goal, right? Sometimes we wonder....

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2009 Goodwin Champions baseball

Pursuit of Red Sox (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

The head of my school was kind enough to grab a blaster box of these Goodwin Champions in her recent visit to the US of A. I had asked for Goodwins or Allen+Ginter, I even wrote it on a post-it note, for fear of receiving another fat pack of Upper Deck. If you observe my recent posting here, you will notice that English people visiting the US gravitate towards Upper Deck and more specifically the 'Fat...

Twins Pick Up Michael Cuddyer's 2011 Option

Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

And here I was, writing about whether or not the Twins should actually do it.... Of course my conclusion was an adament "YES, YES THE TWINS SHOULD PICK UP CUDDY'S 2011 OPTION". Clearly I have a nose for these things. Cuddyer's 2011 option is worth $10.5 million, but with the buyout an even million in its own right the Twins are essentially paying our right fielder $9.5 million for his services...

Twins exercise 2011 option on Cuddyer

Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

The Minnesota Twins have picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011. Cuddyer hit a career-high 32 home runs to lead the team. He also had 94 RBIs and was sixth in the American League with 73 extra-base hits. When slugger Justin Morneau went out with a back injury in September, Cuddyer moved from right field to first base. He hit .352 with seven homers and 22 RBIs in the next...

The Importance of Foresight

Nick & Nick's Twins Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

The Twins have enjoyed an impressive run of sustained success over the past nine years. Only once during that span (2007) have they posted a losing record. And if there's one lesson to be taken from the '07 team, it relates to the pitfalls of complacency. In 2006, the Twins boasted a rather impressive offense. Joe Mauer won his first batting title, Justin Morneau captured the AL MVP award, Michael...

Offseason Outlook: Minnesota Twins

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Twins. Their likely commitments for 2010: C - Joe Mauer - $12.5MM C - Jose Morales - $400K 1B - Justin Morneau - $14MM 2B - Alexi Casilla - $428K SS - Nick Punto - $4MM 3B - Brendan Harris - $466K+ IF - Matt Tolbert - $405K IF - Brian Buscher - $413K LF - Delmon Young - $1.152MM+ CF - Denard Span - $435K RF - Michael Cuddyer - $8.5MM OF - Carlos Gomez -...

Twins Notes: Mauer, Morneau, Valencia

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

MLB.com's Kelly Thesier answered a few e-mails from fans in regard to what Minnesota might have up its sleeve in the offseason, and here are some of the most notable bits of news from the piece... Thesier said that though talks between the Twins and Joe Mauer about a contract extension haven't yet begun, "don't take Mauer's patience to mean that the catcher isn't interested in signing an extension."...

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